Don't always talk about lofty terms such as civilization and culture. In fact, Xiao Letian's explanation really speaks directly to people's hearts!
The sum total of everything left by the ancestors of Chinese civilization through the generations that can make future generations feel awesome is the soul of a nation!
Mountains and seas, vast seas and fertile fields, thousand-year-old ancient buildings, centuries-old calligraphy and painting, and even folk arts such as shadow puppetry, Kunqu District, Allegro, and storytelling are included.
From the Twenty-Four Histories, Military Strategy, to the pots and pans, the eight major cuisines... Even if it is the dry-fried small meatballs in the capital, it can make the tongues of foreign devils almost melt with greed. That is called awesome!
What is it that all the awesomeness is tangled together? That’s national pride! When I see any foreigner with a big nose, I can puff up my chest and look up proudly, patting my chest and blowing on them for three days and three nights!
With such a culture, coupled with the national pride brought by this culture, do you think the Chinese civilization can still perish?
You can see the whole thing at a glance. Just this Dunhuang incident can sort out the entire context!
If Xiao Letian can gather all the treasures of Dunhuang together and establish a separate museum and research institution, then Dunhuang will really be in China, and Dunhuang studies will also be in China!
What a cool thing? What a proud thing? Even some young people have been brainwashed by Western ideas and begin to deny the excellence of their own nation.
No need to beat him or scold him, just take him to the museum and let him see the treasures left by his ancestors with his own eyes, which will shock his soul.
There really is no need for too many people to talk nonsense. As long as he is nurtured in that atmosphere and the medicine cures his illness immediately, he himself will feel that he was a fool before!
No matter how many treasures our ancestors left behind, they cannot be wasted, let alone be exported in large quantities!
We can’t let future generations point their noses at us and laugh at us, “You say the Chinese civilization is so awesome, why are all the cultural relics stolen by foreign devils?”
"Dunhuang is in China, so how come Dunhuang is studied abroad? Doesn't this also prove the excellence of Western civilization?"
"If I really let future generations point their noses and scold me like this, then you might as well dig up my grave and crush my bones and spread my ashes!"
Xiao Letian shouted excitedly, "Always remember, our Chinese civilization is no worse than anyone else... We just went wrong for more than a hundred years after the Industrial Revolution and failed to catch the express train!"
"Without the support of industry and without new technology... we cannot defeat the enemy militarily. This is the core of all problems!"
"If you are lagging behind and being beaten, don't blame your ancestors. Let's start by ourselves! What our ancestors left us is a mountain of gold and silver. If you can't keep it, the foreign devils will take it away. Who's to blame?"
"Our generation must not only fight with our lives to plug the last shortcoming of the industrial revolution, but also fight with our lives to protect the splendid culture left by our ancestors..."
"Damn... I don't want my children to study Dunhuang and have to go overseas!"
"All the treasures left by our ancestors that can inspire the hearts of future generations cannot be thrown away or destroyed!"
"Whoever robs me, I will turn over the table!"
Xiao Letian's words could no longer be understood, and this matter had risen to a high level of conflict of civilizations. When everyone thought about it, this was really what happened.
"Damn, that's right! Isn't the sum of all the awesome things left by our ancestors just culture and civilization? With this, our descendants will have a sense of national pride and won't have an inferiority complex in the face of Western civilization! "
"Fuck you... Let's start a war with whoever is stronger, no one can do it!"
People's hearts are in a state of flux. As long as the Chinese have a unified mind, the power they will unleash, at least in East Asia, is something that no one dares to underestimate.
The secret letter from Xiao Letian that Zuo Zongtang received actually had the same truth. After Zuo Zongtang heard Xiao Letian's theory on civilization, his eyes suddenly brightened.
Many things that I couldn't figure out before were all figured out at once!
The splendidness of Chinese culture cannot be erased even after two hundred years of Manchu purges. Now Xiao Letian wants to take over the entire protection of Dunhuang culture. According to this reason, it makes sense.
But why do you, Xiao Letian, have to protect me? Do you look down on me, Zuo Jigao?
Just when Zuo Zongtang was hesitating, bad news came. A telegram came from Xi'an, saying that the Chinese family would not ship the weapons and ammunition worth three million silver dollars hoarded in Xi'an!
"What? You, Xiao Letian, are so brave! How dare you flip the table!"
This batch of arms in Xi'an is really important, because it contains many imitation Krupp 88-caliber field guns from the Northern Industrial Zone, as well as tens of thousands of weapons.
This is a weapon that can turn the tide of the war. Through the exchange of fire with Agub's vanguard, the Zhengxi Army has found out the details of Agub. This guy has a large number of foreign guns provided by Tsarist Russia, but there are not many cannons.
There are also red cannons left by the Qing army, and they fire solid shells!
Still suffering from the poor logistics supply of Tsarist Russia, only the four countries of Britain, France, and Germany can produce the best quality cannons. After these four countries, the technology of the Chinese will be the only one.
As for Tsarist Russia? The rapid advancement of this country's industrial level had to wait until the Soviet period. In this era, Tsarist Russia was still a barbaric country in the eyes of Europeans.
Many people don’t even recognize it as a European country!
It is conceivable that the quality and output of artillery produced by Tsarist Russia are not guaranteed, but even this inferior artillery Aguba does not have in his hands.
Because there is no railway, and because the supply line is too long, the cannons produced in Europe cannot be transported at all!
Before the advent of aviation weapons, artillery was the king of war, and there was nothing that could replace it!
The Hua family's move was so cruel that it directly cut off Zuo Zongtang's thoughts. The commander angrily shouted, "Call me that Fan Jin! Bastard, if you dare to cut off my arms, I want his head!"
"Dare you threaten me? Dare you flip my table? Do you think I don't dare to kill anyone?"
Fan Jin did not go to Dunhuang with King Shang Tai. His task was to take charge of the business of the Western Region Investment Bank. He stayed in Guazhou to coordinate money, food and supplies.
The commander's soldiers rushed towards the temporary headquarters of the Western Region Bank like wolves and tigers, but as soon as they kicked open the door and rushed in, they were all dumbfounded.
Fan Jin also has 18 bank executives, all of whom were dispatched from Ryukyu and have Chinese citizenship!
Nineteen people, all in pure white mourning clothes, and nineteen coffins were placed from the yard to the hall!
Fan Jin snorted coldly, "Do you want our cannon? Haha, tell your commander to stop dreaming... Either agree to the head of state's conditions, or break up and take the lives of nineteen of us!" "
"Stop talking about cannons. From today on, you won't even have a piece of compressed biscuit!"
"Turn the table over! We don't want the early investment, just feed it to the dogs! If you dare to threaten the head of state, we will die together!"
"Yes, overturn the table and die together!" Nineteen heroes patted their coffins and shouted. At that moment, all the veterans present were stunned.
There was even a veteran with gray braids who secretly said to Thumbs-up, "Fuck...that's awesome...the heads of state are all desperadoes!"
